The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-23


the white sails of the fisher boofu.
listening to the moan and murmur
the waves as they dashed a0oIn6<
rock, drenching her little bare
with spray. And here the children
the village would gather to lI1(en
her quaint, fanciful tales till The r1
set and the moon rose over the dIo(o1
tree tops.
One day Gurtha found her With M
hands full Of sea shells listening i1>|
tently to something Listen, oIo(cI
hear how the voices call me- 1.-The WnY<
say--come, come. come"
Gurtha listened. She heard the oof|
soughing OF the wind through tho dI1
tant pines, and the sullen roar Or It'd
sea dashing against the rocks Sk9
could not hear the voices, 90 ~
laughed at her sisters fancy and I'll
of, her yellow hair floating m thI
wind. Now, way down ia tho
lived three beautiful sea princesSc
and when the moon shone on the Watc
they could come To the top and com
their long brown hair, singing all hid
while, and they loved the crippod
child, for the face above the unsighIv
hump on her shoulders was pure I'd
beautiful.
They were always calling hertz +
come and live with them under u W
blue sea in their coral palace wh6 NJ
thousands of lovely sea flowers CIV "a
and the child longed TO 90, but B
thought of those who loved her In \ n
little fisher cot and said alw&
AWAIT, not yet" Nv
But soon the beautiful soul tiredk\]
its ugly prison and longed to fly aw, N
oh, so far away, and at night WI
every one was asleep, she crept outp n
the rocks and waited for the sea priiI-
cesses, but for long time they carno
not and the waves moaned and daslod
against the rock.
One bright moonlight night, as she
lay in her little bed, she heard voices
call, and the waves kept repeating
come, come. She went out on the lbck
in her little white gown and bare feet,
tender little feet that felt not the Sharp
rocks. She could still hear the vo4ces,
calling and looking up she saw III
soft white clouds that gradually p|
brighter, and then she saw they III
not clouds, but white forms holt
out little arms TO her saying SCI
come -come-and she could hear
strains OF beautiful music.
Out in the water were the sea
cesses; they, too, held out their
tiful arms and said come; above
the little white forms lowered, thd
moaned and sobbed around the
mingling its sad music with the nt -
of the angels. 3f
Something in her seemed TO 81
she reached out her hands with and
tense longing to 60 up-up-to r
angels. M
~ am coming" she whispered, 81 y
made a step forward of the rock N
the water-still smiling and hold
up her arms she sank down -dowI6<Z
without a struggle. M
Then the sea princesses we H|
happy. They carried the little de1>
child TO their beautiful palace and laid
her on bed of sea flowers, twined SEQ
flowers in her hair and put pink shells
in her still hands; then they cried.
awake, little one-wake and be happ,
with u.s." but silence was their answer
so they sat around the couch and
waited till she should awaken.
When the morning broke there were.
sorrow and tears in the fisher hut, and
Gurtha stood looking over the restless,
cruel sea, calling:
"Duddgbal Where art thou, little
sister,"
"Gone" whispered the flowers,
bending their fragrant heads in ccr-
row.
"Gonel" sighed the wind through the
pines
"Gone. goner' murmured the sea.
"Safew called the angels from the
cloud, but Gurtha could not UNDER
stand, and kept calling. !.
"Iittle sister, where art thou?1 ( ~
The little children gather on the jqs
ting rock and whisper to each othtrf
"Duddgha will never come baekJ&
we loved her So" M
A sobbing, faint and sad, tp|X
over the sea, where the sea princd {f's
weep over the little child who win Not
awaken. The wind soughs through
the pine trees and the waves dash
against the rock, and still Gurtha calls:
Little sister, little sister; where art
thou, little Duddghaw
FRANCES AyLMAR.